International Journal of Information Dissemination and Technology
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 3

Authorship Patterns and Collaborative Research Trends in the Field of Chemical Sciences

  • Author:
  • Vishal Goyal1,, Girish Kumar Gupta2, Ashok Kumar3
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 184 to 186

1Library Assistant, MM College of Pharmacy, MM University, Mullana, Ambala

2Lecturer, MM College of Pharmacy, MM University, Mullana, Ambala

3Librarian, MMIMSR, MM University, Mullana, Ambala

*Corresponding Author: Vishal Goyal, vishalgoel99@rediffmail.com

Online published on 16 May, 2017.

Abstract

Authorship trends and collaborative research are studied in the field of Chemical Sciences based on the data collected from Indian Journal of Chemistry Section-B (IJCB) published during the 2002–2011. Outcome of the study shows that multi authored articles 97.24% prevail the single authored articles 2.75%. The degree of collaboration in the field of chemical sciences is 0.97. Average number of authors per paper varies from 3.21–3.78. This study is in support for the fact that chemical sciences research is collaborative in all aspects.

Keywords

Authorship Pattern, Collaborative Research, Chemical Sciences, Publication Trends